Our hearts, covered in patches and stitches, are in a state of instability.

[generalflirt]

Who: Masaomi (and Linda), Shikamaru (and a deer), and much later Silver (with some pokemon?)
What: A hike through the mountains
When: The 10th onwards (ending...17thish?)
Where: The... Mountains. Including a fertile valley.
Summary: Masaomi is really depressed and really needs to get away. So he goes to hunt down Shikamaru (and later makes good on a bet)
Rating: Vegas

[To say Masaomi Kida was in pain would be the understatement of the century. It wasn't just what happened the day before. It wasn't just the trip home which he now remembered. It wasn't just the sweetness of the lie which made it hurt. It wasn't anything else to do with the AU experiment either. It was all of those things and more - his own weakness, his own pain, his own frustration with the person he was now. And frankly, he couldn't take it anymore. As he promised the Error Katara on the 9th, he was gone by the tenth, marching out of the village by mid-day in his ninja flack vest and carrying a decent sized backpack of food with him. ...

It seemed like a better idea then. He got the mountains's base by the end of the day, made camp a ways up, and then began his hike in the morning. He kept this up (with isolated meditation attempts and "training Linda" attempts until about the morning on the 12th, at which point, well. He concluded he was lost.

...It was then that he ran into an enormous deer. I will let Pi decide if that is threaded or we just cut to the chase]

Comments

[15th]

[generalflirt]

[It begins with a private voice message sent out to Silver. ...Using Shikamaru's journal]

Silver-kun. I won the bet.

[tsuntrader]

[Silver completely ignores his journal until early in the afternoon since the morning is dedicated to training and noon is dedicated to lunch, so it's a while before he notices the message.

It leaves him confused, at least for a moment. Bet? What- ...Oh. Oh.]

...I forgot about that. [Whoops...]

[generalflirt]

...I'm hurt.

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[tsuntrader]

Where are you? [The bet... Carrying him up a mountain. So he's in the mountains? What in the world is Masaomi doing injured in the mountains?]

[generalflirt]

[He meant that as in emotional, just for the folks at home.]

A little south of where the hot springs are, I think...

[tsuntrader]

[Silver... Will figure that out later. For now, he'll stick to moving with a bit of urgency and getting his bird out. Why would Masaomi go to him? Well, he does owe him- whatever, he won't question it.]

Give me a few minutes. [And that's all Masaomi's getting out of him.]

[generalflirt]

Alright?

[If you think you can find him, bro. He'll he sitting at the base of a smaller mount here (or well, part way to the base, it's on a sub-hill) with Linda on a rock next to him doing exorcises in trying to Fake Out him]

[tsuntrader]

[Sure, it sounds pretty crazy to think that Silver would be able to find Masaomi, let alone quickly find him.

But that's what his bird is for. It doesn't take very long at all for Silver and Murkrow to be within view in the air with Silver simply holding onto one of Murkrow's legs with one hand and looking down in search of Masaomi.]

[generalflirt]

[Well that's just ridiculous. Masaomi doesn't call to him though. Why don't you find him even if he can see you, gosh]

[tsuntrader]

[Searching, searching- come on, can't you wave your arms around or something? This is such a pain. ...Searching, searching, searching...

There. A glance at his bird and the two of them are heading down to meet Masaomi. ...It's nice having a bird.]

[generalflirt]

[There is no logical way that bird should be supporting your weight Silver, what even. But okay, he just... rolls with that... sigh]

Yo.

[tsuntrader]

[It's filled with a lot more ridiculous nonsense than that, Masaomi.

...Wait a minute, you're not injured. What the hell, man-

"I forgot about that."

"I'm hurt."

Oh. Oh. He was... Being dramatic. Riiight. Totally knew that all along. Really.]

Hi.

[generalflirt]

So~ Are you ready for the climb?

[tsuntrader]

Ready as I'll ever be. [Murkrow lands on the ground next to Silver and stretches out his wings a little. He'll be walking with them for a nice change of pace.]

[generalflirt]

[Well then, Linda will get a position next to the bird (PS: wanna fight?) as Masaomi will stand... taller than Silver. Man he has no idea how this is even going to work]

[tsuntrader]

[Yes, Murkrow would absolutely love to-] Don't even think about it.

[...Motherfucker.

Silver looks Masaomi over for a moment, taking in... Just how big he is... Before letting out a sigh, turning around, and crouching forward a little.]

Hop on. [Elementary school piggybacking Masaomi who is considerably larger and taller than him up an entire mountain? Challenge accepted.]

[generalflirt]

[If... you say so, dude. But then he'll be sighing before going to try to get onto Silver's shoulders. He fully expects the guy to topple over, but hey, he'll try]

[tsuntrader]

[He's got this he's got this jeez he didn't calculate Masaomi's weight well- okay okay he's got his legs and he's holding onto his shoulders neck whatever alright we're good. Steady. Steaaady. ...He's good.

This isn't so bad, right? It's just one... Mountain. ...Has it always looked this huge?] ...You're heavier than you look.

[generalflirt]

Come on, I'm only like 63 kilos.

[He's not. But he goes to try to wrap his legs a bit to make it easier]

[tsuntrader]

Sure you are. [But whatever, he's going to start walking with pretty relative ease. Not a very fast pace, but he's taking it easy and not wearing himself out too early.]

[generalflirt]

Hoooh, you're even stronger than you look.

[He lightly observes]

[tsuntrader]

...How strong do you think I look? [Come on man, you're not that heavy...]

[generalflirt]

Like someone who shouldn't be able to piggyback me.

[tsuntrader]

You're not that heavy.